Sentences with phrase «movement in public life»

An important aspect of this cultural development has been the influential presence of the homosexual movement in public life.

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But for some black racial justice activists, organizers, and public figures, the reaction to the students of Stoneman Douglas has also led to another truth: Organizing around Black Lives Matter and the larger Movement for Black Lives, another youth - led movement demanding policy change in the wake of trauma, was not and has not been as readily embraced.

As mainline Protestantism ceased to be a culture - forming force in American public life, the void was filled by a new Catholic presence in the public square and, perhaps most influentially in electoral terms, by the emergent activism of evangelical, fundamentalist, and Pentecostal Protestantism in what would become known as the Religious Right» a movement that has formed a crucial part of the Republican governing coalition for more than a quarter - century.

The underlying problem is our society's movement toward a Rousseauian, and away from an authentically American, conception of religion's role in public life.

For when in summer the peasant's horse stands in the meadow and throws up his head or shakes it, surely no one can know with certainty what that means; or when two of them who throughout their lives have walked side by side pulling in the same yoke are turned out at night, when they approach one another as if in intimacy, when they almost caress each other by movements of the head; or when the free horses neigh to one another so that the woods echo, when they are gathered on the plains in a big herd as if at a public meeting — assume then that they really could make themselves understood to one another.

An August 2010 poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that nearly half of Tea Party supporters (46 %) had not heard of or did not have an opinion about «the conservative Christian movement sometimes known as the religious right»; 42 % said they agree with the conservative Christian movement and roughly one - in - ten (11 %) said they disagree (based on registered voters).

Already a movement is under way to improve end - of - life care by educating health - care providers to respond better to the needs of dying patients, by creating new care settings or improving existing ones, by seeking changes in methods of paying for appropriate care, by educating the public through conferences, town meetings, television programming, and even Web sites (see www.careproject.net), by providing adequate relief of pain, by withholding or withdrawing treatments that only prolong dying, by keeping company with those who are lonely, and by being a resource of meaning and hope for those tempted to despair.

The nativist Know Nothing movement — officially known as the Order of the Star Spangled Banner, and as the American Party when it entered formally into electoral politics — flashed across American public life in the mid-1850s.

The various components, though, of a religious conservative movement in American public life must be defined clearly by their respective theological commitments, or we lose the Evangelical wing of this coalition.

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Chip Romer interviews Betty Staley on the 50th anniversary of her life in Waldorf education that includes foundational leadership of the Public Waldorf school movement.

SPRING 2017 CONTENTS Chip Romer interviews Betty Staley on the 50th anniversary of her life in Waldorf education that includes foundational leadership of the Public Waldorf school movement.

An attempt by Labour to try to make itself a movement with broader appeal is particularly acute as the parties all await a report into funding due to be published in October by the committee on standards in public life.

I think it is incredibly important for all New Yorkers, but particularly those in public life, to make very clear that in this city, the most diverse city in the world, the city where the LGBT civil rights movement was born, that that type of language can not be tolerated... I think that all of us need to recommit to making sure that whenever we hear language of any type that is demeaning, derogatory, racist, sexist, homophobic, anything of that nature that we speak out against it.»

The study, co-authored by Brian Kiessling, associate instructor and Ph.D. student within the Recreation, Parks and Tourism Department at the IU School of Public Health - Bloomington, focused on how people regard activity trackers, how the trackers affect behavior, and how they can be effectively integrated into programs that help people increase movement in their lives.

The squalid conditions in which the animals lived also helped spark an animal rights movement in the 19th century and provided the impetus for the opening, in 1828, of a garden in Regent's Park devoted to «the advancement of Zoology and Animal Physiology,» whose goal would be to inspire scientists «rather than encouraging the «vulgar admiration» of the public.»

We both worked in public schools at the time and found ourselves living out the advent of the movement for high - stakes accountability.

It is no wonder that those who lived through the early part of the period described the change, in a 1914 report from the California Department of Public Instruction, as «one of the most remarkable educational movements of modern times.»

What has become clear is that explicitly focusing on the educational concerns of poor and minority children regardless of where they live, and expanding that to the criminal justice reform and other the social issues that end up touching (and are touched by) American public education, is critical, both in helping all children succeed as well as rallying long - terms support for the movement from the parents and communities that care for them.

The movement toward boarding schools for low - income students has made some of its greatest strides in the District, where both Maya Angelou and the SEED Public Charter School receive an extra $ 14,000 in federal tax dollars each year for every student who lives on their premises.

Recent developments have galvanized people anew to address the racial achievement gap, from a jarring 2013 report called» Race to Equity» that showed the gulf in quality of life between whites and blacks is wider here than nationally, to the current «Black Lives Matter» movement, which has called out racial inequities in numerous public institutions, including schools.

Nina Rees, the President and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, will keynote the luncheon and provide an update on how the charter school movement is changing lives in every corner of the country.

Larry was a community organizer in the labor movement for nearly 20 years before becoming a public school teacher in middle life.

In response to the increase of the number of energy movements in this country and the public's awareness of these movements, as well as input from PHMSA's career professionals, PHMSA is transforming to better align resources and capabilities to more effectively deliver on its safety mission: To protect people and the environment by advancing the safe transportation of energy and other hazardous materials that are essential to our daily liveIn response to the increase of the number of energy movements in this country and the public's awareness of these movements, as well as input from PHMSA's career professionals, PHMSA is transforming to better align resources and capabilities to more effectively deliver on its safety mission: To protect people and the environment by advancing the safe transportation of energy and other hazardous materials that are essential to our daily livein this country and the public's awareness of these movements, as well as input from PHMSA's career professionals, PHMSA is transforming to better align resources and capabilities to more effectively deliver on its safety mission: To protect people and the environment by advancing the safe transportation of energy and other hazardous materials that are essential to our daily lives.

The NMHP conference will be held October 10 - 13, 2013, and will bring together a variety of people dedicated to saving the lives of homeless pets: leaders of the no - kill movement; experts in animal care and behavior, marketing and fundraising; professionals from private and public animal welfare organizations and volunteers.

As the leader in the no - kill movement, North Shore Animal League America is committed to saving and rehabilitating the lives of homeless animals and educating the public about the joys and responsibilities of rescue.

A national pioneer in the no - kill shelter movement, North Shore Animal League America is committed to saving and mending the lives of homeless companion animals and educating the public about the joys and responsibilities of rescue.

In a desperate bid to drag us back into the isolated darkness where they continue to dwell — a place where facts hold no power, experience no relevance, and the lives of animals no value but where their reputations remain unthreatened by a movement that has since left them behind and rendered their «expertise» irrelevant — there are those who don't want an end to the killing, who continue to argue to other activists, to public officials, and anyone else who will still listen that saving animals instead of killing them is the darker of the two options.

▪ HSVB&IRC and its role in the community ▪ History of the humane movement ▪ Lost & Found Pets - the importance of proper identification ▪ Pets in rental and condominium housing: How renters and landlords / HOA's can find common ground ▪ Living with urban wildlife ▪ Resolving nuisance wildlife concerns ▪ Disaster preparation for pets ▪ Pet first aid and CPR ▪ Spaying / Neutering (Adults and Children) ▪ Dog bite prevention - for schools, communities, professionals and the general public (Adults and Children) ▪ Problems pertaining to breed - specific legislation ▪ Animal abuse and its link to domestic violence ▪ Animal abuse and its link to child abuse ▪ Animal abuse and its link to school violence ▪ The problem of hybridized pets (wolf / dog and exotic / domestic cats) and exotic pets ▪ Animal hoarding: A community problem ▪ Preventing pet theft ▪ Greyhounds and problems with greyhound racing ▪ Pet - proofing your home ▪ Paws Come with Claws: Scratching behavior in cats and alternatives to declawing ▪ Safe travel with pets ▪ Pets and the military (what to do if deployed) ▪ General issues pertaining to humane care of companion animals

It is part of a worldwide movement to engage a broad public in a conversation about architecture, public space, and the future of urban life.

Among Public Movement's actions in the past and in the future: manifestations of presence, fictional acts of hatred, new folk dances, synchronised procedures of movement, spectacles, marches, inventing and reenacting moments in the life of individuals, communities, social institutions, peoples, states, and of humanity.

These ideas are further conveyed in his Hub works, where transitory, connecting spaces between rooms, such as vestibules and corridors, speak metaphorically about movement between cultures and the blurring of public and private, as well as reflecting on the passage of the artist's own life.

In his public life he did not shy away from personal engagement, active in the Civil Rights movement and outspoken about artist's rights and responsibilitieIn his public life he did not shy away from personal engagement, active in the Civil Rights movement and outspoken about artist's rights and responsibilitiein the Civil Rights movement and outspoken about artist's rights and responsibilities.

Examples include Patio Taller, a performance space and grass - roots educational center in the industrial zone of San Antón that organizes a «theater of the oppressed» to address issues affecting their community; the collective transformation of the hillside town of El Cerro, Naranjito into a living mural that is socially and artistically charged; intergenerational workshops known as Escuelas Oficios (Trade Schools) that are recuperating artisanal traditions threatened by modernization and colonialism, such as weaving, lace making, and basketry; the revitalization of blighted properties and neighborhoods through participatory urban design of community centers, public parks, urban gardens, and food cooperatives; and the aesthetic and physical reclaiming of public space through movement by artist Noemí Segarra.

Her research interests are focused on highlighting the performative gestures and responses in live and visual performance art — referencing individual and collaborative practices and also choreographed movements in public and private space.

From graffiti's humble beginnings in 1967 to the first painting being sold in 1973, Wall Writers reveals the context of the start of a movement that would eventually grow to transform city life, public transit, public art, and ultimately visual art the world over.

Every great movement --- anti-slavery, women's suffrage, civil rights --- succeeded finally because passionate people went out in public and articulated and demonstrated that passion, at risk of life and limb, over and over again.

The seemingly radical impulse to de-emphasise economic growth in matters of public life, therefore, do not emerge from radical movements, but as we can see, emerge from the establishment themselves.

He is great on the merits of emerging sharing economy models, new public transport systems and town planning that are serving to design out the car, the Transition Town movement and its focus on community energy, China's land grabs in Africa, and the crushing and debilitating damage done by the Anglo - Saxon work - life imbalance — his description of a «Universal Job Description for life in the service economy» that runs: «Sit at desk, write emails, answer phone, make tea and / or coffee, go to meetings, fiddle with spreadsheets, eat lunch,» will be sadly redolent to many.

We've followed the small living movement in our «Tiny house trends series,» which has featured traditional homebuilders switching over to tiny homes, companies finding untapped demand in the small home market, residents of the first public tiny house community in the country seeing the movement evolve, and an architect who wants to adapt the trend to address problems of urban infill and a lack of affordability.

OceanCare calls on the public to join the «I Care» movement in order to reduce the amount of single - use plastic in our everyday lives and thus to prevent plastic from entering the oceans.

The key outcome of the judgment is that the question of whether a disabled person who lacks capacity to consent to a placement by a public body is deprived of their liberty in their particular living arrangements is an objective one, to be answered by reference to whether they are free to leave and how closely their movement and social interaction is controlled.

The fact that there has been little movement in this area of PC hardware shows that the public needs to be convinced that having such a system hooked up to their big screen living room television is a good idea, and so far Valve has not done anything to change this mindset.

By the early 1970s, the role of women in public life was starting to change, and a movement for safe and legal abortion emerged.